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sSSBaKtSaW
A SONG OF THE CYCLE, '
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This is the toy, beyond Aladdia'a dream-
'
The umpic wheel
upon whoa hub la
; wound
All roaus. although they reach tha world
aronnd
: O'er western plains or Orient deserts
f gieaminsl
. This Is the skein, from which each day
unravel
i Such new delights, such witching
flights, such joys
Of bounding blood, of Kind escapa from
: noise
; Buch ventures, beggaring old Crusoe's
travel I
It is ns if o?ne mighty nwrornaneer.
At king's command, to please his ladye
whim,
Intiiled such virtue In a robber rim.
' And brought it forth as bis triumphant
answer.
Tor wlieresoe'er lta shining spokes are
fleeting.
Fnir benefits spring npward Irons Its
t read,
And eyes grow bright, and ekaeks all
rosy red.
Responsive to the heart's ecstatic seating
Thus Youth and Age, alike la healthful
And Man and Maid, whe find their
nnths are one.
Crown this rare product of onr century's
"run."
And sing the health, the joy, the grace of
wneoiins: '.-
C. 11. Crandall.
SIMON PETER.
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Simon Teter stood by the new-made
grave of bis wife, Mrs. Blmon Peter
h o. 2.
She had been a cood wife, and, roi
calling her many virtues, the bereaved,
like bis namesake, "wept bitterly,",
leaning meanwhile for support on the
marble slab erected In memory of Mr a.
Simon Peter No. 1.
It was a cold chilly day In early
spring. Snow still Uiy upon the ground
and the mounded grave and a damp
ness seemed to exude from the atones
that chilled one to the very marrow.
Himon Peter's thin gray locks fell
deJec'eJIy around bis ears; his nose,
always long and always ruddy, seem
ed to hare been lengthened by his grief
and to bare tnken on additional rich
ness in coloring. Ills moagor form,
shivering in the raw east wind, see Di
ed ill fine J to breast the storms of life
alone, and the good dominie who had
Just pronounced the solemn funeral
service, "Iust to dust, ashes to ashes,",
felt his heart go out in sympathy to
this poor, lonely mnn so broken with
grief nnd nse, and now about to re
turn solitary to Ms desolated home.
"Come liniiie with me to-night, Broth
er Simon," said tho tendcr-heartoil
dominio. "You're bad a bard day, and
you Hee l a good, warm supper; coma
home with mo." Simon I'eter weakly
assented. The thought of going bouio
alone ivss nnro than be could bear.
He chmibei v.l feebly In the wagon,
pulled 1 1 is woolen comforter over his
ears smd resigned bin.self to medita
tion until the parsonage was reached.
The good Kosina, faithful friend and
servant, who for twenty years had
reigned supreme as monarch of the
kitchen, ha 1 supper nil ready, know
ing the doni:ii would bo chilled
through, .'ho looked somewhat n
kanro et tie- bereaved widower, b'lt,
twin:; a woman of warm frinpnthk-s
and kind heart, she concealed wbat-
yvva urn
"toils
HOME WITH JIK
rr.uiUEB bimon."
TO-X1UHT,
ever annoyance she may have felt at
this Irruption, prepared a place at the
table tor the "bereaved" and saw that
be was abundantly supplied with hot
fritters and maple syrup.
At the sight of these temporal bless
ings Simon Teter seemed Inclined to
bid "surcease to 6orrow," and his coun
tenance, heretofore the exponent of an
Interior of unmitigated woe, became
an emhodied expression of dutiful res
ignation. He cast appreciative looks
at tho fritters and at the antiquated
yet ninibie handmaiden as she pro-;
ceeded In her deft ministrations, and
by the time tea was ended the glow of
some lofty purpose was irradiating hU
visage.
The good dominie and his wife re
garded this transformation as a proof
that the old man was bowing to the
will of an all-wise Providence, and
beamed Approval at this visible sane-,
tlflcation through afillctlon as evldenc-,
ed by this aged saint. After tea the
dominie renounced his usual quiet even
ing with his books, and devoted him
self to bis afflicted parishioner, dis
coursing on the transitory nature of
things hero, the certainty of a future
reunion with our loved and lost nnd
the duty of resignation, to all of which
propositions Simon Peter assented
tipped back in bis chair against tho
wall.
At breakfast tho next morning the
"bereaved" seemed to have undergone)
some wonderful transformation, aud
grown years younger in the process.
The struggling locks that bung so de
jectedly the ilay before around bis
w ve -Uumu iia . t?tL-noybrushed
r
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sarsaparilla....
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FOR THE BEST AND YOU'LL
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GET AYER'S:
ASK FOR AYER'S AND YOU'LL GET
THE BEST.
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nravely upwarw to cover The T Id upoj
surmounting bis cranium, his lank
form had lost its dejected droop and
Jt toothless) mouth was curve! lx4
in Inverted "bow of promise.'
And still the dominie and his wlfa
congratulated themselvea. as never be
fore, on the consolations afforded by
- aliglon to the sorely afflicted.
After breakfast and prayers, and bi
.'ore taking his departure to his deso
lated fireelde, Blmon Peter made his
way to the kitchen and gallantly offer
ed to assist Boaina In some of her
morning duties. In the coarse of an
hour he reappeared in the parlor to
Daks his. farewells. "Good-by, dom
inie," he said. "I lima go now. You've
been awful kind to me, dominie, aud
I slian't forglt It right away. I wast
ftwliu awfnt bad ylsterdny, an' a-won-,
derla' biw und?r the sun I was goln
to git along alone; but It's all right
oeow. We shel her a job fer yon nex-
3
14 GOOD-BYE, TJOkUKIE," U SAID.
Tuesday a week, dominie. Kosiny
an' me's bin talkln' it over an' we've
agreed to git spliced. Hope It won't
discommode you none, here at the
bouse." And the erstwhile sorely af
flicted departed. The parson turned
In a dazed sort of a way to his wife.
who still stood In petrified amasaj
Martha," said he. "that was a ease of
misplaced sympathy."
Simple.
A man may have In him the making
ef a first-rate editor, and yet be entirely
unacquainted with the business aide of
Journalism. This commonplace but
comforting reflection Is suggested by
a story printed In the Washington 1'aUi-.
Under:
When the new senior girls of a fa
mous New England college assumed the
charge of the college magazine, oue of
them went to the office of the prime
to give him some Instructions.
You can set up your type Immediate
ly," she said, "as we want the ma;a
clne to appear promptly."
Yes, mlsa," said the printer, a little
mystified; "but-but where Is the
copy 7"
The copyT Do you mean the arti
cles we are going to print?"
"Yes, miss."
"Oh," said the editor, "yon needn't
wait for them. Some of them ure not
written yet. I will let you have them!
as soon as I can, of course; but in the
meantime you can go on setting up the
type, can't you? I thought you could ,
get so much done ahead." The printer
entered into some explanations, nnd
finally made It plain to the new editor
that the tj pe could not be set up till th
copy had been handed In.
- A Tturslar Htranjjely Trapped.
During the severely cold Weather la
January Just past Tip Burbank, a noto
rious robber, went out alone one night
to make a mid on the First 'National
I lank of Tort Iteutou, Mont. His plan
was to enter through a window at tho
rear of the building, to make his way
through the room and ottlces back, final
ly working his way to the vault. An
iron grating protected this window.
The night was Intensely cold, and the
streets were like glass, a heavy snow
two weeks previous having melted as
It fell and then frozen smooth and
hard. While Tip was filing the first
bar of the grating his foot slipped,
throwing him forward violently against
the window. As luck would have It,
the fall Jerked his mouth open, forcing
his tongue between his lips, fairly freez
ing It to the Icy Iron bar. All efforts
to release himself were In vain, as
nothing short of polling bis tongue out
by the roots would have effected this,
and he could not bring himself to do It,
A watchman making his rounds found
him a half hour Utter almost dead with
cold.
Tip Is alive and safely housed In Jail
now; bnt his tongue will never wag
again. It Is completely and hopelessly
paralyzed.
The Batterf!ra Tongue,
Did you ever notice a butterfly's
tongue? Perhaps yon never knew she
had one. You can see It with the naked
eye, but you would need a powerful
microscope to examine It carefully.
God has provided all his creatures with
bodies suited to their special needs.
Because the butterfly's food la honey
and dewdropa, which she sips from the
heart of the flowers, God has given
her a togune Just suited to this pur
pose. It Is made of two grooved
threads, which are wonnd np like tiny
watch springs, on either side of hut
bead, when not In use.
When the butterfly wishes to ilp a
little honey, she thrusts these two
grooved threads down Into the doptn
of the sweet blossom and puts them
close- together. This makes a little
tube through which she can draw the
sweetness, Just as you can suck water
through a straw. But the butterfly la
very particular what kind of a plant
she visits. All the butterflies of ona
kind visit flowers of the same family
and no other. The lovely swallowtail
butterfly visits the wild carrot aud
plants belonging to that family, buj
no other. Tho butterflies never innka
a mistake, and wise men learn by
watching them to classify the plants
aud to know which belong to the aaui
family. Child Garden.
The remedy with a record :
...50 years of cures. "
CHILDREN'S COLUMN.
DEPARTMENT -FOR LITTLE
COYS AND GIRLS.
Cotaetnlnar that Will Interest the J
venile Maaabera of Every Hmssksld
-Quaint Action and Brisjat Bajrlaa
of alany Cat ud Canaln CtilWlfU,
The TartU and the Bull. 1
"It Is much to be regretted," f
Said the turtle to the snaiL ..
"That as rapid-transit creatures
We so signally must fail. . j
"But yet we should be thankful y
That Nature still allows us ,f '
To carry on our weary backs
The waerewithal to house us."
An It Btrnck Him.
Little John saw a small tug engaged
In towing a large ship, and heard tb
lug whistle loudly.
"O papar he exclaimed. "The big
boat's got the little one by the tail, and
It's squealing!"
Tit for Tat. '"
'Ilulln, little girl, will you tell me the
news.
For I haven't had time to examine the
papers. .
And I'm anxious to know bow a tiny mite
views
The ubiquitous blot of political capers.
"Has anything happened that's funny or
queer?
Do you favor th? party they claim Is
elected ?
Are the words of the editor, think you,
sincere?
Has the weather come around aa the
bureau expected?
"Is It true Lobenguia, the King's really
dead?
Have the rogues of the 'Lib' turned at
last in contrition?
And do you not fear you must stand on
your head
-o read the paper i that strange posi
tion?"
6, ess, I will tell oo the news," she ex
claimed. And thus from the pnper Inverted she
read:
"The wicked o!d sparrow.
Wif his bow an' arrow,
ilas shooted that poor little Cock Itobin
dead.
i"An'en," she continued, "the awfullest
ling
Has happened; you never could guess.
If you'd try;
Poor little Jack Horner
He sat in a corner,
n' there wasn't a plum to be foun' hi the
pie.
r
fAn' dis is the reason poor doggie got
none:
Old Towner," she read, "was the victim
of theft
Tause old Muvvar Hubbard
fcue went to the cupboard.
An' she eated, aa' eated, till nuflin' was
left.
'An' little Boy Blue went wif Little
Bopeep
To see the old lndy that lived in a shoe,
Wif Little Mixs Netticoat
. In her white petticoat, v
) n' the longer she stood, why, the shorter
she grew.
An PnfTy-down-dilly has come Into
town,
n' Tom, Tom, wif pirgy is off on a run;
An I'll tell oo a story
About Jack an' Menory:
t n' now I dess, mister, my story la done."
f-Lippincott's.
Trottie'a " Hider-Seek."
"Me tl-ed, mamma, lie so muta
(l-edr
r "lired, Trottle? Well, mamma win
br with you to rest you. You're
n a ear little girl and let mamma
ev
We
,ve play, sweetheart?"
Trottie danced up and down for
5y! "Hlder-seek, mammal P'ay hi-
der-seekl"
So mamma got the little, soft. rj
laU they always hid. Trottle called
t "hide and seek," but It was a good
esl more like "hide the handkerchief,"
you see.
I'll hide It first," mamma said. "You
run and hide your face, Trottie."
"Yesh. me go blder in pin-qutsh l-on P
shouted Trottie, running over to bury
ber little rounu face In the big cushion
on the couch. One Hue eye didn't get
fiulte hidden and mamma spied it look
ng out at ber.
"Don't peek, baby," she laughed.
"Now, ready."
"Leadyt" echoed Trottie. She walk
ed round the table once or twice with
a comical "make-believe" of bunting.
Then she ran straight over to the rug
In front of the fireplace and lifted it up.
Sure enough, there was the little, red
ball! Trottle knew It all tho time,
for mamma always hid It there! It
would have grieved Trottie dreadfully
not to find It under that rug every
time.
"Now me do It, mamma. Ton blder
In pln-qutsh-l-on." Then came the fun
nier t part of all, in the play. Trottle
rpent a long time walking around tho
room and moving the chairs about, as
though she were trying to find a spe
cially good place for the balL. t
"Iteady, Trottle?" ' "'-
"No no no I me not any leady!" she
tried In alarm. By and by, when!
mamma was beginning to dose a little
In the "pln-qulshlon," a triumphant lit
is voice shouted, "Leady T
O, bow mamma Jumped np and be-,
an to look very anxious! But right
En front of ber stood a baby with a
lushed, delighted little face. And
(what do you think she was aayingT
"If a In toj han'le, mamma. It'a In
any han'le! Look at hind me q'lckr '.
I Of course mamma looked "quick," and
(there was the ball la Trottte'a band.
But did anybody aver hear of a funnier
way to play "hide and seek?" A. H. D.
1 Batremely Seneltivei.
; The elephant's sense of amell la so
delicate that when In a wild state It can
scent an enemy at a thousand yards,
and the nerves of lta trunk are so sen
sitive that the smallest substance can
be discovered and picked up by H.
Thousands of people would apprerl
ate sympathy and help who sever ask I
I
I lor it, ana never get it.
It is often difficult to convince pec
ple their blood is impure, until dread
ful carbuncles, abscesses, boils, scrof
ula or salt rheum, are painful proof of
the fact. It is wisdom now, or when
ever there is any indication of
DinrDipMire I
blood, to take Hood's Sarsaparilla, and
prevent such eruptions and suffering'.
"I had a dreadful carbuncle abscess,
red, fiery, fierce and sore. The doctor at
tended me over seven waska. When the
absoess broke, the pains wers terrible, and
I thought I should not lira through It. I
heard and read so much about Hood's
Sana par 111a, that I decided to take It, and
my husband, who was suffering with
boils, took It also. It soon purified onr
built me np and restored my health so
that, although the doctor said I would
not be able to work hard, I have since
done the work for 20 people. Hood's Sar
saparilla cured my husband of the boils,
and we regard It a wonderful medicine.''
Has. Asm Fbtkbsom, Latimer, Kansaa.
IruO'OcK
Sarsaparilla
Is the One True Blood Puriner. All druggists. tU I
i w--1 , cure liver tils, easy to take,
tlOOU S FlIlS easy to operate, meenls.
RAM'S HORN BLASTS.)
Warning Notes Calling tke Wicked te
Kcpeataace.
SELFISITNESS la
the mother of aln.
No man stands
alone when he la
right
A temptation re
sisted Is a foe
overcome.
He who can
laugh at himself
may laugh much.
A harsh word
to a child may de
stroy an angel.
The right kind
of a Christian will always do right.
Surrender to God must be uncondi
tional. A roaring Hon may sometimes be one
that has no teeth.
An oath on the lip shows that the
devil Is in the heart
God made some laws to show how
much he hates Idleness.
Putting a crown on the bead puts
nothing kingly in the heart.
If yon are praying for a revival, don't
let somebody else do all the work.
Make mistakes and blunders teach
you something more than they coat
The man who does right makes laws
that a good many other people try to
keep.
It would spoil nine men out of ten to
let them have their own way for a
month.
The man who is more than filling the
place he has now Is on his way to a bet
ter one.
As soon as we make God's word a
lamp to our feet, we stop traveling In
the dark.
The first real step we take toward
heaven is the one we take when we say
good-by to sin.
If some men's prayers were always
answered, the heavens would always
be raining fire.
.Women-Made Roads.
Ten years ago no one dreamed that
the time would ever come when women
would be directly interested concerning
tin condition of the public thorough
fares. But the bicycle which la respon
sible for the general stirring up of old
conclusions has really set them to
thinking on this very topic. And when
a woman thinks she's very likely to
act Just one weak little woman's mo
mentary impulse will often result in
more real purpose being accomplished
than will a three days' convention of
wise old professors whose excessive
prudence Is a positive prohibition to
progress.
It is said that twenty pretty bicycle
girls of East Lynn, tired of the dis
graceful condition of the public roads
in those parts, determined to Institute
a radical reform. They turned out in
full force with picks, shovels and roll
ers, and repaired the worst of the road.
When the bloomered beauties finished
their week's work they pointed with
pride to the several miles of road which
they had made fit for wheeling.
- In Cincinnati recently 100 women
armed with brooms, hoes, wheelbar
rows and shovels began early one
morning to clean the streets. From
early In the -morning until sunset the
women tolled, and one of the principal
streets of the city waa cleaned as bright
as a new dish pan. Whenever a street
cleaning official came along that way
ne waa loudly hissed. . It waa an object
lesson which It wonld seem can hardly
fall to have Its effect
If the women of this broad land se
riously take up the matter of good roada
and clean streets something definite
and immediate will be the result, be
cause woman Is a determined creature
and "If she will, she will; and there's
the end on't"
To Their Advantage.
Mutual service is a system which la
carried to perfection In the Indian vil
lages. No money la used in exchange
for services. The barber, attends to
the carpenter in return for repairs of
ploughs and other wooden Instruments.
The washerman washes the clothes of
the physician who attenda to him lu
sickness, and so forth. The problem
of insufficient Income la met in the
only possible way by limitation of
wants. The Hindoo baa no furniture
rot even a band-basin. Ha washes
In the river, and the aun dries him.
Ha baa neither chairs, beds, nor tables.
Ha nsea the floor aa a complete sub
stitute; or, if ha la dainty, ha allows
himself the luxury of a three-half-penny
mat Except for cooking-pots and
grain and a few water-Jara, his house
la aa bare aa Mother Hubbard's cup
board. -
Qaeen and MlaUler.
Slgnor Crispl, who has Just fallen
with his Cabinet in Italy, la a man with
varied. Irregular and multitudinous
experiences. When ha waa first in
office, much pressure waa brought to
bear on Queen Margberlta to Induce her
to receive his wife. For a long time
ahe declined. At last aba consented,
with this stipulation:
"I will receive the Blgnora Ortapl. but
there must never be more than one.
ja4 tt anuat always baja aame erne,"
Stoodl
- tPARROT RIDES A WHEEL
He Beesea Bpaecfcleee When' Ka '
Sera a Woman In Bloom era. i
A New-Yorker named J. J. Walsh baa
a parrot named "Don Caesar," a green
and red bird of South American birth.
which goes bicycle riding every dayi
with Mr. Walsh. "Don" Is a familiar
sight along the boulevards, and, accord
ing to bis owner, becomes epeecblesSj J
with rage at the sight of a woman In j
bloomers. He sets np a fierce, hoarse j
shriek, which be keeps up for several
minutes, at the end of which he Is in
danger of falling off the handle-bars.
"Don" does not push , the pedals. He
perches In the middle of the handle-.
bars, on the spot where some entbusl-1
as tic bicyclists place their babies. I
There he stands and vociferates and
PARUOT BIDES BIOTCLE.
scratches himself. Now and then he
ducks his bead down to see how the
! front wheel la going. It la a wonder
'that he has never punctured the tire
and dislocated his beak, but that has
tiAf hannanail va
Occasionally he leavea the handle-,
bars and takes a fly Into the air. For
a parrot he la a good flyer. Having
taken a view of the crowd, of the river,
or whatever may be In sight, he returns
faithfully to the wheel. Mr. Walsh
slackens bis speed slightly when the
bird goes flying.
Couldn't Re True.
When Sir Robert Walpole retired Into
private life, tlmo hung heavy on his
hands, and Horace exerted himself to
amuse his father. One day he offered
to read to him.
"What will you read, child?" asked
Sir Robert, wearily. Horace suggested
history.
"No, no," replied the veteran states
man; "cot history, Uorace; that can't
be true."
Some barber Is Ioslitf the sbnnee to
make a great hit by not Inventing a
I'aderewsIU Hair Tonic
When Malara '
Keeds assistance It may be best to render It
promptly, but one should remember to nas
even the m t perfect remedies only when
needed. The bett and most simple and gentle
remedy is the Syrap of Flos, manufactured by
the California Fia tivrup Company.
The eye of the blind fish in the
Mammoth Cave is a true eye, having
all the parts. It is, however, covered
by a membrane, and it is probable
that the hh receives no more than a
mere impression of light
lTrart Disease Ralleved la SO annates.
Ir. Aicnewr's Curn for the Heart irivrs perft-et
relief In all canes ef Orirunto or 8'matlietie
Heart lieaae in 3U mimib-s, aud speedily ef
tetln a care. It is a pevrla-ss remedy for Pat-
nnnnw or Hrratli, Mnnlherinic
i i? H,le vnipioms of
TOUr ll ri LiSIWI huan) it fn u 1. i. i .
procure it (ot lou. It wUl oave our life.
Some protestors of Emporia College,
Kansas, have discovered that there are
T rtaVa rt, anulmir rrtrvi knl aln.n
and have succeeded in making a good
shadoweranh with them thrniiph. a .ic
of wood.
M. L. Thrnnrnnn i Co., nmggtsta. Condor
port, 1'a., say ilall't Cattrrh Curw is the best
and only sure cure for catarrh they ever sold.
Druggists sell It. 75c
It is reported that a method of
making an aluminum joint without
alloy.and which without being soldered,
brazed or keyed is rendered homogen
eous and prarticaliy untbreakable, has
been perlected,
Impavsrtataett ttloud causes that tired feel
ing. Hood's tanaparilla puriOea, enrlcbes and
vitalizes tbe blood, giving new lite and increased
vigor and vitality.
Hara rills (ire easy to take, easy to operate.
Cure Indigestion, biliousness, headache.
Minister Kurino. Japan's diplomatic
representative atVaahington,is making
a careful studv of American methods
of Congressional procedure for the use
of his government.
Do von w lb to know now to save no steam.
and not naif the usual work on wash day f Ask
your grocer for a bar of DobblnM' JCIeelria Soap.
and tue directions will tell you now. Be sure to
get no imiiauon. mere are lots or mem.
It is the iron in clay that gives tbe
ordinary brick its red color.
After Dhvslclans bad riven me no. I waa saved
by riso s Cure KALru Kaiso. WUilamsport, fa.
Nov. 22, lavs.
Governor Lowndes, of Maryland,
baa appointed a woman as Slate Libra
rian. toa Irritation of the Throat eansed by Cold or
use of the voice. "Brown's Bronchial T rooties"
are exceedingly beuerlciaL
Ohio has crone so far as to make tbe
wearing of aJaig theatre hat punishable
by a nne.
If , frlleted with sore eves ose Dr. TsaaeThomp
icii save-watt r. Ilrugitu sell at 2na. per bottle
Oxford, Cambridge and Dublin alone
of all the British universities refuse to
grant degrees to women.
Mrs. WuwiOw'a bootuinr wrap for children
teething, softens tbe gum, reduces lnHamma
Uon. allays pain, cures wind colio, 20a a bottle.
Tbe Duchess of Fife is said to have
a knowledge of cooking sucn as wouia
astonish a good many middle class
housekeepers.
FITS stopped free bv Da. Kxnrrs OaasT
NcavB NavrosBB Jto fits after flrst day's ose.
Marvelous cures. Treatlne and 12.00 trial sotue
free. Dr. Kline. 031 Aich SC. Pblla., fa.
Th first ateo toward decided im
provement in the construction of roads
and pavements is to develop a proper
sense oi tneir Daaness.
Care Guaranteed by lR .J.B. MAYER, lots
Arch HH1 1. A., V A. rase at once-, no opera
tion or delay from business. Consultation free,
indorsements oi pbysi. lans, ladles and promi
nent cliiiens. bend tot circular, omoe hours
A M.tof. M.
Wnoever beard a married man coax
hia wife to sing!
nod's nicked men are always chosen
from those who are busy.
Tbe hotter the nra the porer the
go'd- '
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Some one asked Max Nordan to de3n
the difference between jrenlns and in
sanity. "Well," said the author of "Degenera
tion," "the lunatic la, at least, sure of
bis board And clothes."
There Is no need for a let ef men go
ing aronnd preaching temperance;
whisky preaches lta own temperance
lecture.
HER HAPPY DAY.
A CHARM I NQ STORY OF MEDICINE
AND MARRIAGE.
. a Ckleacn Otri
Among' the tena of thousands of
women who apply to Mrs. Pinkham for
advice and are cured, are many who
wish the facta in
their
public, but do not
give permission to
publish their
for reasons
s obvious aa in
the following,
and no name is
.ever published
without the
writer's au
thority; this
is a bond of
faith which
Mrs. Pinkham
has never
broken.
Chicago,Jaa.
th. 'o$.
My dear Mrs.
rinkham:
A friend of
mine, Mrs.
, wants
me to write
yon, because
she says: "y on
did her so much good."
I am desperate. Am nine
teen years of age, tall, and
weighed t8 pounds a year aito. am now
a mere skeleton. From your little book I
think my trouble is profuse menstruation.
My symptoms are etc.
Onr doctor (my nncle) tells father that I am
In consumption, and wants to take me to
Florida. Please help met Tell me what to do,
and teU me quickly. I am engaged to be mar
ried In September. Shall I live to see the
day LUCY E. W.
Chicago, June 6tn, '$
Ilr dear Mrs. Pinkham!
This is a happy day. I am well and (raining
weight daily, but shall continue the treatment
and Vegetable Compound during tbe summer,
as you suggest. Uncle knows nothing about
what you have done for me, because it would
make things very unpleasant in tne tardily, l
would like to srive you a testimonial to publish.
but father would not allow it. I
shall be married in September, and as we go
to Boston, will call upon you. How can I
prove my gratitude f e e
LUCY E. W.
Just such cases aa the above leak out
in women's circles, and that is why the
confidence of the women of America is
bestowed upon Mrs. Pinkham.
Why are not physicians more candid
with women when suffering from such
ailments ?
Women want the truth, and if they
cannot get it from their doctor, will
seek it elsewhere.
TRAMP WAS MILKING THE COW.
'Knartnerr'a Tata Illustrating; tbe Nod
chatiince of tbe American Hobo.
"It was away back in the "70s," said
an old engineer. I was pulling 'the
limited' east from Council Bluffs to
.Chicago over the Rock Island. Ihe
night was bitter cold. We bad gone
about twenty miles ont and bad .toi-
,ped at a night office for orders, iud
had started up again, when the fireman
reached over and said:
" 'There is a hobo on tbe pilot; taw
him get on at the depot.
" 'Surer I said. 'Go out on the run
ntng board and see If he's there yet.'
-The fireman did as he had Doen or
dered to do and returned with the In
formation that the hobo was still there.
" WeH. said I, 'it's a bitter cold night.
and If he can stand It out there I am
willing he should ride with me.'
"And on we went toward Chicago,
with 'old 211 barking like sixty at the
low Joints ahead, and forgetful of oiir
bead-end' passenger on the pilot, who
had ceased to have any existence for
us.
'"By and by, by the faint glimmering
of the headlight, I thought I saw ahead
what seemed to be a bunch of cattle
on the track. As we approached It the
bunch seemed to grow larger. It now
was too late to do anything, so I Just
nulled ber wide open, and old 211 bit
that bunch of cattle ka bit To para
phrase the language of Tennyson, who
glides Into raptures of admiration over
the charge of the light 'brigade at
Balaklava, there was Just simply cat
tle to the right of us, cattle to the left
of us and cattle In the rear of us, but
none any more In front of us. After It
waa all over our thoughts reverted to
the hobo on the pilot.
'Oo out and see If he la a till there,' I
said."
"Wen." said an old aback, under
whose feet the frosts of many winters
had crackled, aa be wended his way In
the dark over many a long train of box
cars and who had been listening to the
story. "Well," said he, "waa ha killed T
"No," replied the engineer. "There
be sat as large as any hobo could sit on
the pilot with an oyster can milking
ona of those durned cows."
- And the old man went on hla way,
venturing something aa ha left about
the life of the average American bobo
being on a par with the proverbial nine
Uvea of the feline we have all heard so
often about. Dallas News.
Halroattlng by Electricity.
At a recent meeting of the Brooklyn
Electrical Society, New York, an elec
trical comb which acts as a pair of
shears and cuts the hair was exhibited
in use. Across the teeth of the comb
Is stretched a fine platinum wire, which
can instantly be made white hot by
sending an electric current through It
A switch for this purpose la attache!
I to the comb, and worked by the finger
of the barber. On passing the comb
through the hair the barber presses the
switch and heats the wire, which imme
diately singes through the hair. The
process Is said to be less Injurious to
the hair than cutting with ordinary
shears, as the natural oil la preserved
In it by the singeing of tbe ends.
Cherokee BUI'S Race Dying Oat
The career of "Cherokee Bill." hang
ed at tbe age of 20, after a brief an
unprosperous career as an outlaw,
would be a good text for a sermon on
morality, but It would be useless to
preach It, because the class of degener
ates to which "B1U" belonged does not
read sermons. He waa a type of tbe
barbarism that exists In all civilisation,
and appears most consptcoooe at lta
edge. Education and enlightenment
are the beat remedies for It and they'
are at work slowly but effectively. Tbe
"Cherokee BUI" style of villain Is dying
out It will soon cease to excite the
admiration of the untrained boys and
the emulation ef Tilialnoua
rnamv
a -Vn r -v. w
0 i
iji-p ST.JAO)BS0ILS'rS,?oi
? Tm-4Tn: Aim TBTTT IT OPT AND "SHUTS
' Proa: atonp. - .'
when the French squadron was for
a time anchored In Boston Harbor, lu
the year previous to tbe revolution, the
foreigners were looked upon with un
bounded curiosity by tbe Boston peo
pie. It was Incredible to them that
persona who were popularly supposed
to subsist mainly on frogs should be
so plump and well-favored. That they
did so subsist waa fully believed, bow
ever, and according to a rumor, which
waa also generally believed, they bad
been discovered hunting for their fa
vorite food In tbe frog pond on tbe
Common.
With this last notion in hia head, we
are told. Mr. Nathaniel Tracy, who
lived In a beautiful villa at Cambridge
the house which waa afterward
Washington's headquarters, and later
Still was occupied by Mr. Longfellow
.made a great feast for the Admiral and
bis officers.
1 Everything that could be had In the
country was furnished to run went
and give variety to the entertainment.
Two large tureens of soup were placed
at the ends of the table. The Admiral
hat on the right of Mr. Tracy, and Mon
sieur De rEtombe on the left L'Ktombo
was consul of France resident at Bos
ton. " -
Mr. Tracy filled a plate With soup,
which went to the Admiral, and the
next plate was banded to tbe Consul.
The flrst time that tEtombe put bis
spoon Into tbe plate, he fished up a
large frog, Just aa green and perfect
as if tt had hopped from the pond into
the tureen.
Not knowing at first what It was,
he seized It by one of Its hind legs, and
holding it up in view of tba vrhole
company, discovered that It was a full
grown frog.
As soon as he had thoroughly Inspect
ed It, and made himself sure of its
Identity, be exclaimed:
"Ah I mon Dieu! une grenouille.'
Then turning to the gentleman next
to him he gave him tbe frog. He, in
turn, nassed It to tbe next man. and so
An .nnnil ttiA lil until ronnliotfl ttli.!
Admiral.
The company, convulsed with laugh
ter, examined the soup plates as the
servants brought them, and in each
was found a frog. The uproar was
universal.
Meantime, Mr. Tracy kept hia Indie (
going, wondering what his outhtndlsh
guests meant by such extravagant
merriment
"What's the matter?" he asked: and
raising bis head, he discovered the
frogs dangling by the legs In all direc
tions. "Why don't they eat them? ho ex
claimed. "If they knew the trouble I
had to catch them, in order to trr.it
them to a dish of their own country,
they would find that for me, at least, it
Is no Joking matter."
Rubber Scraps. 1 '
Cast-off rubber shoes are now a innr
ketable commodity and many country
peddlers add considerably to thrii
gains by collecting them. They nr
usually taken in exchange for tinware
or cheap trinkets. No cash chnn;os
hands in these transactions. When
the peddler returns to his starting point
be turns over bis collections to the
village merchant for more tinware,
with perhaps a little cash, and goes
out over a new route. The pedtllei
may be In business on his own account
or lu the employment of the villa 20
trader, but in either case the latter lin
a chance to make a profit on the col
lections of scrap, which are shipped
from time to time to a city dealer.
The latter will offer his rubber stock
whenever it reaches good proportions
to a rubber reclaiming rnilL. When oU
shoes first became a merchantable at
tide tbe price paid for them wrts 1
cent a pound, while the quotation
have since averaged 5 cents per pound
for months at a time. The trade 'o
rubber scrap la now most thoroughly
organized In the West and Northwest
In the Southern States, where little
snow falls, the consumption of rulv
ber shoes Is not sufficient to form n
basis of trade In old shoes. Of the
rubber scrap Imported the largest !i:ir;
comes from Russia. Tbe Imported
scrap la not so desirable, however, as
what is gathered at home. In spite
of the good consumption of rubber foot
wear In New England there are uo
dealers In scrap there In a position of
commanding Importance. This is due
In part to the existence of nearby fac
tories, which buy directly from the
smaller dealers. In the West tbe prin
cipal center of the trade Is Chicago.
Could Stand One More.
A Senator's wife, who Is an accom
plished musician, gave a dinner party
recently. Among- the graests was a
certain member of the Kentucky dele
gation In Congress. While awaiting an
nouncement of dinner, at the urgent
request of some of the guests, tho
hostess played and sang. She had Just
finished a polonaise bj Chopin, which
was greeted with a burst of applause,
and as she rose from the piano, In the
silence which followed the sweet
strains, her husband turned to the gen
tleman from the Blue Grass State with:
"Would you like a sonata before din
ner. Colonel T"
"Well, I don't mind," promptly re
plied the Kentucky statesman, brac
ing up quickly. "I had two on iny
way here, but I reckon I can stand
another." New Tork Tribune.
Alabaster exists in seventeen differ
ent States.
mm jmi ii nn i - u
at V
it The test of 115 years proves :
r uic puriiy oi waiter Balier k v
Cos Cocoa aid Chocolate, A
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Ota Iht Disss 2nd !teaven
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SAPOLIO
a ratio Geese and Engllah Bwa
Wild geese can be found nowhere so
abundant aa in the Arctic. Ocean, and
the Inhabitants of Kolgner and xriJiaf)
Islands are largely dependent on themj
for food. The largest goose-drive ever
recorded took place last year, when
at the first catch of the season the in
habitants of Kolgner succeeded In drlv-'
tng 8,325 birds Into tbe nets. The na-l
tlves take advantage of the moult lua
season, .when the geese are not veryj
strong on the wing, to make the drives,
and so capture them. English swans'
are still to be found on the Thames
but In very small numbers compared'
with three and a half centuries ago,
when Paulus Jovlus declared that he
never saw a river so thickly covered
with swans as the Thames. On other
English rivers they were equally, if
not more, numerous, -for when John
Taylor, the Water-Poet, rowed up the
Avon to Salisbury, he was amazed at
the swarm of birds on that stream.
"As I passed up the Avon." he snyw,
"at the least 2.000 swans, like' so many
pilots, Bwam In the deepest parts and
showed me the way."
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Mluntes.
One short pnff of the breath throned the
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Fever, Colds, Headache, eore Tlu-ont. Ton.
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Religion should do the moat whore it
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They are now agitating the question
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